365 stories by "WNYC"
Penn Jillette talks about his Broadway engagement with partner in magic, Teller. The show includes both elements of their Las Vegas show and classics from their repertoire, and marks t…
The Bronx-born E.L. (Edgar Lawrence) Doctorow made the past come alive through his many novels "among them Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, The Book of Daniel, World Fair, and Loon La…
The Welsh-born actor Roger Rees may be familiar to fans of "Cheers" and "The West Wing." But he was primarily a denizen of the stage " where he won both an Olivier and Tony awards for his le…
Playwright Anne Washburn and actor Thomas Jay Ryan discuss their production, "10 Out of 12." In it, a company of theatre artists is engaged in the task of making a new play. Based on notes W…
The Public Theater kicked off their free Shakespeare in the Park season with a production of "The Tempest." Sam Waterston who is playing the character of Prospero alongside…
Director John Collins talks about the new staging of William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury,"Â along with stars Kaneza Schall and Vin Knight. The production is a staging of the first s…
Jesse Eisenberg talks about "The Spoils," the play he wrote and stars in, along with co-star Michael Zegen, about Ben, a moody ex-graduate student who lives off his parents' money and …
"The Two Gentlemen of Verona" may well have been Shakespeare's first play. A seemingly simple tale of shifting devotions among mismatched lovers, it helped launch the genre ofÂ�…
We're taking a look at the new Lincoln Center production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "The King and I" with star Kelli O'Hara! The show was recently nominated for nine Tony Awards in…
On May 29, lyricist Sheldon Harnick was on the show to talk about writing for the legendary musical, "Fiddler on the Roof." While Harnick was responsible for show tunes like "Tradition" a…
Actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, along with writer Nick Payne, discuss the play "Constellations." This story begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman (G…
Kenneth Lonergan talks about his critically acclaimed play "This Is Our Youth," set in New York in 1982. He's joined by Kieran Culkin, who stars in it. The play follows 48 hou…
Actors Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy, along with writer David Hare, talk about the new Broadway production of "Skylight." On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Ho…
Matthew Broderick and Micah Stock discuss their roles in the Broadway premiere of Terrence McNally's "It's Only A Play." Broderick stars as the playwright Peter Austin, who is anxio…
16 Grammy winner Sting tells us about his debut as a Broadway composer in "The Last Ship" a new musical inspired by his own childhood. In a close-knit English seafaring town, lif…
Actors Kristin Chenoweth, Peter Gallagher, and director Scott Ellis, discuss the new Broadway production of "On the Twentieth Century." The Twentieth Century, a luxury c…
The Elephant Man, based on the real life of Joseph Merrick, is the story of a 19th-century British man who became a star of the traveling freak show circuit. When the renowned Dr. Treves …
Andrew Bujalski, Guy Pearce and Kevin Corrigan on their new film, "Results." Lyricist Sheldon Harnick on the 50th anniversary of "Fiddler On the Roof." Paolo Bacigalupi's new nov…
Tony winner Michael Cerveris, 3-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn, and Beth Malone talk about "Fun Home," the musical based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel of the same name. "F…
Chita Rivera, playwright Terrence McNally, and songwriter John Kander talk about their new Broadway musical, "The Visit." It centers on Claire Zachannassian, the world's we…
Ben Miles, Nathaniel Parker, and Lydia Leonard talk about their roles in "Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & 2." Adapted from Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize winning novels, Wolf Ha…
Lyricist Sheldon Harnick celebrates the 50th anniversary of "Fiddler On the Roof." He'll be presenting "To Life! 50 years of Fiddler on the Roof"Â at 92Y, in which he'll go inside the crea…
In "Hand to God," Jason is a shy, inquisitive student who finds an outlet for his burgeoning creativity at the Christian Puppet Ministry in the devoutly religious small town of Cypress…
Simon Stephens talks about writing the play "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," based on the novel of the same name by Mark Haddon. He's joined by Francesca Faridany, …
Director John Rando, choreographer Joshua Bergasse, and actress Alysha Umphress talk about the new Broadway revival of On the Town, which was nominated for a 2015 Tony for Bes…
